Had a great swim. The start was a little rough, but it thinned out pretty quickly. My wetsuit feels so much better now that I have lost the weight. Not so tight, better breathing. I tended to veer to the right when swimming but overall swam pretty straight.

Had problems getting my wetsuit zipper to come down. Only the second time wearing it this year (first time under pressure). I was able to get it off my legs pretty well.

More wetsuit time.

This course was much more hilly than I remember. Really a lot of hills. The first couple of miles were pretty fast and then the hills came. Overall I was very happy with the bike. It took a lot out of me, but I did what I hoped to do. Odometer/speedometer was off from the very beginning...that was annoying.

Need to continue to bike some hills.

Ran past my bike rack...again. Really need to work on this. Felt rushed and confused during this transition, but was overall happy with this time.

Practice transition more.

The beginning of the run was REALLY tough. Straight out of the gate is a pretty steep hill. I was worried that I wasn't going to be able to keep things together. But my legs loosened up a bit. Trail running is just so different from running on pavement. I haven't done very much of it and it does require some different muscle groups. Didn't run with my knee brace for the first time in a month and felt fine. No knee pain whatsoever.

Run trails and more hills.

Walked and ate some watermelon.


The year off from triathlons. Need to run faster ;)